Search on for missing teenager

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department, along with local police and sheriffs departments and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, are looking for a missing teenager.

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The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department, along with local police and sheriffs departments and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, are looking for a missing teenager.

Joseph Tyler Collins, 17, left the Coalfield home where he was staying with family at 7 or 8 p.m. Friday and hasn’t been seen since, according to Chief Deputy Steve Cochran of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department. The Sheriff’s Department is considering him to be a runaway youth.

Cochran said he believed Collins attended Clinton High School.

People who believed they may have seen Collins or have any information on his whereabouts can contact the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department at (423) 346-6262 or leave a message at its tips line, (423) 346-TIPS. People can also contact their local police department or sheriff’s department.